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Water to be shut off in Brave next week

Southwestern Pennsylvania Water Authority will have the water shut off in the Greene County town of Brave between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday for the following areas to upgrade the system: Monday: Chestnut, Walnut, Locust and Freedom streets; Tuesday: All of Brave; Wednesday: Maple, Lantz and Elks alley, and Tom's Run from Maple Alley to State Line Campground; Thursday: Tom's Run, State Line Campground to Maple Alley and Woodland. Customers may experience low pressure or now water and are advised to keep containers of water to minimize the outage.

Purple pain: Air quality alert leads to cancellation of outdoor activities

A rain-free day smack in the middle of July would have been ideal for an outdoor concert, a trip to Kennywood or a dip in a clear-blue pool. But summertime fun of all kinds came to a skidding halt Friday as wildfire smoke drifting eastward from Canada and Minnesota continued to envelop the ...

Commissioners scuttle mini-golf plans at Mingo Creek Park

The Washington County commissioners scuttled plans to build a miniature golf course at Mingo Creek County Park after backlash from residents this week prompted the board to reverse course on an earlier motion that would have extended a review of the proposed attraction. The commissioners voted ...

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Pirates-Guardians postponed because of poor air quality

CLEVELAND (AP) — The game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cleveland Guardians scheduled for Friday night has been postponed due to air quality concerns because of wildfire smoke from Canada and northern Minnesota. Heavy, pungent wildfire smoke darkened skies in the U.S. from the Great ...

Loua Dipa races the boys in Adios eliminations

Odds On Mr Mamba vs. Loua Dipa might be the most hyped one-on-one matchup in the 60-year history of The Adios. Girl vs. boy. Wrenn vs. Wrenn. Burke and Loua Dipa vs. history. This afternoon at The Meadows it all goes down as two elimination races in The Adios will be contested to ...

Cherington needs to deliver relief to Bucs

It comes down to pitching. In the major leagues, it always comes down to pitching. It’s a line that was likely uttered by Abner Doubleday while he was pacing off 90 feet between bases for the first time, and it has held true all these years. Pitching has helped get the Pirates in the ...

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Opinion

OP-ED: Pa. municipalities should consider merging

Pennsylvania is divided into 67 counties and features a remarkably high number of local governments. Each parcel of land within the commonwealth falls into a specific city (57), borough (956), incorporated town (1), or township (1,546). The large number of municipalities resulted from early ...

Living

Cold case solved but motive remains a mystery

A dilapidated bar at the crossroads of Routes 519 and 136 in Washington County is a somber reminder of a murder that rattled the Eighty Four community in 1985. March 11 started out like any other day for 46-year-old Robert Dickinson of Chartiers Township, a well-respected businessman who ...

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